Ares Capital Market Sentiment

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Ares Capital Corp

ARCCNASDAQ

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$18.79

0.392.12%

Last update: Oct 22, 6:24 PM

$18.75

0.351.9%

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Earnings: Q3 2026 Earnings in 4 days from now on Tue Oct 27th, before the market open

Conference Call: Conference call scheduled in 4 days at 12:00 PM

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Ares Capital Market Sentiment

Market sentiment signals for Ares Capital (ARCC): analyst consensus, short interest, options flow and insider activity.

Key Signals

Analyst Consensus— Overweight

Short Interest▲ 5.7% short float

Options Flow▼ 1.03 P/C ratio

Insider Activity— N/A

Analyst Consensus

Overweight

18 analysts

Options Flow (P/C)

1.03

More puts — Bearish

1,685 calls · 1,735 puts

Avg Consensus PT

$22

+15.6%

Highest Price Target

$24

+28.0%

Wells Fargo

Lowest Price Target

$19

-1.3%

JP Morgan

Short Interest

5.7%

Declining — Bullish

Insider Activity (30d)

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Short Interest — % of Float

Recent Analyst Actions

Date	Firm	Analyst & Accuracy	Upside / Downside	PT Change	Action	Rating
Sep 1, 2026	UBS	Doug Harter—	+12.0%	$19 → $21	Maintained	Neutral
Jul 30, 2026	Truist Securities	Arren Cyganovich—	+12.0%	$22 → $21	Maintained	Buy
Jul 30, 2026	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Paul Johnson—	+6.7%	$21 → $20	Maintained	Outperform
Jul 2, 2026	JP Morgan	Richard Shane—	-1.3%	$19 → $19	Maintained	Overweight
Jun 12, 2026	Wells Fargo	Finian O'Shea—	+1.3%	$20 → $19	Downgrade	Overweight→Equal-Weight
Apr 29, 2026	RBC Capital	Kenneth S. Lee—	+12.0%	$22 → $21	Maintained	Outperform
Apr 29, 2026	Truist Securities	Arren Cyganovich—	+17.3%	$23 → $22	Maintained	Buy
Apr 22, 2026	Citizens	Brian McKenna—	+17.3%	$23 → $22	Maintained	Market Outperform
Apr 16, 2026	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Paul Johnson—	+12.0%	$22 → $21	Maintained	Outperform
Mar 13, 2026	UBS	Doug Harter—	+1.3%	$21 → $19	Maintained	Neutral
Mar 13, 2026	JP Morgan	Richard Shane—	+1.3%	$22 → $19	Maintained	Overweight
Feb 9, 2026	RBC Capital	Kenneth S. Lee—	+17.3%	$23 → $22	Maintained	Outperform
Feb 5, 2026	Wells Fargo	Finian O'Shea—	+6.7%	$21 → $20	Maintained	Overweight
Oct 29, 2025	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Paul Johnson—	+17.3%	$23 → $22	Maintained	Outperform
Oct 29, 2025	RBC Capital	Kenneth S. Lee—	+22.7%	$24 → $23	Maintained	Outperform
Oct 29, 2025	Wells Fargo	Finian O'Shea—	+12.0%	$23 → $21	Maintained	Overweight
Oct 14, 2025	UBS	Doug Harter—	+12.0%	$23 → $21	Maintained	Neutral
Oct 10, 2025	LUCID CAPITAL MARKETS	Ethan Kaye—	+20.0%	$23	Initiate	Buy
Oct 1, 2025	JP Morgan	Melissa Wedel—	+17.3%	$23 → $22	Maintained	Overweight
Jul 31, 2025	JMP Securities	Brian McKenna—	+22.7%	$22 → $23	Maintained	Market Outperform
Jul 30, 2025	Wells Fargo	Finian O'Shea—	+22.7%	$22 → $23	Maintained	Overweight
Jul 30, 2025	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Paul Johnson—	+22.7%	$22 → $23	Maintained	Outperform
Jul 30, 2025	B. Riley Securities	Bryce Rowe—	+25.3%	$23 → $24	Upgrade	Neutral→Buy
Jul 16, 2025	UBS	Doug Harter—	+20.0%	$22 → $23	Maintained	Neutral
Jun 27, 2025	Wells Fargo	Finian O'Shea—	+17.3%	$21 → $22	Maintained	Overweight